We've gone from a statement "The old art of combining electronics+programming is scarce today IMO", then "Sure ease-wise yes I agree with you but who does it?" to "Somehow I can't see it cooking like the smartphone revolution did.". I don't understand why you are making this comparison, or what expectations you have. Why expect one thing to be as popular as something so fundamentally different? People can and are building their own phones, open source phones exist, open source SIP phones exist. The "smartphone revolution" was driven by large companies who want to make money by selling you a product, in some cases getting a cut for the use, while simultaneously making money out of your data and behaviours. Why you would expect the be able to compare learning how to do something (programming/electronics/building your own stuff) with simply being a consumer of something makes no sense to me. I dare say most people who watch motor racing don't actually race cars.

In reply to Re^6: Is Perl on the Raspberry Pi worth it? by marto
in thread Is Perl on the Raspberry Pi worth it? by stevieb

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